Spray-on sensors can turn any clothing into motion-sensing technology

It is now possible to spray motion-sensing technology onto store-bought garments, meaning any item of clothing could become a wearable sensor.

“The main goal of our work is to incorporate sensing materials into fabrics, any kind of fabrics – you know, commercial garments like a sock or a glove, or anything else that is available out there,” says Chi Hwan Lee at Purdue University in Indiana. He and his colleagues developed a way to do so by spraying a conductive compound …